What major influence led to an international shift from a bipolar system to a unipolar system?
a. The Latin American debt crisis
b. The collapse of the Soviet Union
c. The rise of China as a superpower
d. The rising national debt of the United States
Q. 2
The use of guerrilla warfare during the twentieth century illustrated which of these points?
a. The nationalist ideology has made warfare into a society-wide undertaking.
b. Technological innovation improves a nation's ability to fight a successful war.
c. Experienced mercenaries can stand up to highly-trained professional military units.
d. The absolute level of military power is not always the deciding factor in who wins a war.
Q. 3
Which of these issues undermined efforts by the United States to control foreign territories during the Cold War era?
a. Terrorism
b. Conscription
c. Guerilla warfare
d. Nuclear proliferation
Q. 4
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis impact the Cold War?
a. It de-escalated it by opening up diplomatic talks
b. It extended it by creating an unsolvable dilemma
c. It exacerbated it by causing tensions close to American soil
d. It complicated it by shifting power into the hands of the Cuban government
Q. 5
Suppose you are the leader of a small European country allied with the United States during the Cold War. What role is your country most likely to play in global politics?
a. It fights proxy wars on behalf of American interests
b. It spies on the Soviet Union in order to gather strategic information
c. It serves as a gateway for American troops to invade communist Europe
d. It provides the United States with raw materials necessary to build a nuclear arsenal
Q. 6
Which of these statements illustrate the similarity of a unipolar international system and a bipolar system?
a. Alliances play the same role in both systems
b. Warfare between major powers is rare in both systems
c. Democracy is equally likely to spread under both systems
d. Military competition is the central dynamic of both systems
Q. 7
Proxy wars are most likely to be fought under which of these conditions?
a. When mutually assured destruction fails to provide an adequate amount of deterrence
b. When economic competition is more important in the international system than military competition
c. When the alliances in a multipolar system are so fluid that leaders cannot be sure who is really on their side
d. When great powers have so much destructive capacity that it is irrational for them to fight each other directly